The routine clinical screening of expatriates coming into the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) might be also used to “detect” homosexuals, a senior Kuwaiti official has said.

A central committee tasked with the status of expatriates will look into the proposal when it convenes on November 11, Yousuf Mindkar, the director of public health at the Kuwaiti health ministry, has said.

“Health centres conduct the routine medical check to assess the health of the expatriates when they come into the GCC countries,” he said. “However, we will take stricter measures that will help us detect gays who will be then barred from entering Kuwait or any of the GCC member states,” he said, quoted by local daily Al Rai on Monday.

Homosexual acts are banned in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the GCC member countries.

In Bahrain, lawmakers, wary of the growing number of gays coming into the country, had pushed for a crackdown, including the adoption of tougher immigration measures and prompt deportations.

In Kuwait, prison terms for homosexual acts can reach 10 years if the people involved were under the age of 21.

In 2011, Bahrain arrested 127 people, mainly gays from the Gulf countries, for holding a “depraved and decadent” party. The revellers hired a sports hall in Hidd, a conservative village on Muharraq island in the north of Bahrain, and organised a fee-paying party that brought together gay men from the Arabian Gulf countries. Most of the attendees were between 18 and 30 years old and one Lebanese and one Syrian were among those arrested following the police bust.

Neighbours, complaining about the late night noises emanating from the sports hall in the traditional fishing village, had alerted the police who sent a patrol to verify the claims at around 2.30am. An undercover agent paid the 20 dinar entrance fee and was allowed into the hall where he saw dozens of cross-dressers drinking and smoking shisha. More patrols were called in and 127 people were arrested in the police swoop.

In 2010, Kuwait banned the screening of a controversial Egyptian film, saying that it promoted a culture of debauchery.

The film, Bedoon Rakaba (Out of Control or Uncensored), was produced in 2009 and addresses lifestyles centering on drug use by young people, and lesbianism, a taboo subject in Arab cinema and society.

A member of the censorship board said that some of the scenes were “too hot” and that the lesbianism theme was “too bold.” The member stressed that the scenario was very weak and failed to address the controversial issues properly.

In the film, the main character, Ahmad Fahmy, is a drug addict and an alcoholic who inherits a colossal fortune when his father dies. Actress Ola Ghanem plays the role of a lesbian who seeks to lure young girls into her way of life.

This is a outrageous, homophobic and offensive invention (?) to the Liberty and Universal Human Rights. The inventor (inventor???) of this test (if indeed this is a test), should invent a test yes, but to catch up criminals and not homosexuals. The homosexuality is not a crime. In these circumstances and if these ridiculous restrictions on the entrance to the foreign into the concerned Arab countries are implemented, the GCC countries will lose surely many occidental brains, with negative repercussions on the economy of these countries.

The responsible of these countries forget that the highest rate of homosexuality worldwide, is precisely within the Arab countries, which denotes evidently, intelligence, evolution and open mentality of this noble Arabian race, contradicting therefore the retrograde mentality of the inventor of this test that surely has a small penis and this behavior towards homosexuals, shows that precisely: an inferiority complex. So he needs unload their grief and bad luck, taking revenge on homosexuals. I hope that the leaders of the concerned countries, know take into consideration this important aspect.

If this test goes forward then it should be applied first to the citizens of these countries and the rulers can see how the countries become deserted.

These actions do not dignify nothing the rich and noble Arab culture and it is a shame and a dishonor to all humanity, besides constitute a serious insult to the world and to the Liberty.

Human rights never have had unfortunately any significance in some Islamic countries. Bahrain stood out intelligently and personalized way dissociating of this initiative.

kuwait chases the homosexual people, ban people to enter in the country contradicting the most elementary norms of people circulation and the worldwide Liberty, but approve the infamous exploitation of Asian labor that are treated as veritable slaves and to whom are confiscated the passports to carry forward their megalomaniacs projects. I ask: why has accepted Kuwait (and others, of course) and signed the international norms and conduct of United Nations? Where is the significance of their word concerning the Human Rights, that they agree?
I ask: why Kuwait (and others of course) accepted the norm and conduct of the United Nations? Where is the meaning of their words concerning human rights that they agreed and signed?

The proposal made by Kuwait to Gulf countries "to hunt" the homosexual people, constitutes a grave and clear violation of Human Rights and this is an insult to the Humanity.

I hope that some countries like Bahrain, I think particularly to the UAE, not follow this abnormality.

I repeat, the Arab people is a noble people with a great and ancestral culture and as such, should defend its own prestige and never follow a half-dozen of sexually complexed madmen.

This is a taken position completely stupid and homophobic. The inventor of this test (if indeed this is a test), should invent a test yes, but to catch up criminals and not homosexuals. The homosexuality is not a crime. In these circumstances and if these ridiculous restrictions on the entrance to the foreign into the concerned Arab countries are implemented, the GCC countries will lose surely many occidental brains.

The responsible of these countries forget that the highest rate of homosexuality worldwide, is precisely within the Arab countries, which denotes evidently, intelligence, evolution and open mentality of this noble Arabian race, contradicting therefore the retrograde mentality of their rulers.

These actions do not dignify nothing the rich and noble Arab culture.

How are the tests done? This test consists on what? Probably, on arrival at the respective airports if the police suspect of a certain dude, he will be invited delicately to follow them to a small office where he should drop his trousers. The next step should to stick (with due apologies) a probe in the ass and await the reaction of the penis. If it starts to stiffen and become increasingly larger in size, then the individual should be considered gay . Ahahahahahaha ... Kuwaiti technology!!!

This is completely stupid and homophobic. How will the tests be done? In these circumstances and if these ridiculous restrictions on entry into the Arab countries go on, then who will lose Occidental brains are precisely the countries that will adopt this measure. And another detail: they will have to block the entrance to almost all foreigners.
The rulers of these countries forget that the highest rate of homosexuality worldwide, is precisely within the Arab countries, which certainly denotes intelligence and evolution of this noble Arabian race, thus contradicting the stupid actions of their rulers.

This test consists of? Probably, on arrival at the respective airports, if the police suspect of a certain dude, he will be invited to follow them to a small office where he should drop his trousers. The next step should to stick (with due apologies) a probe in the ass and await the reaction of the penis. If it starts to stiffen and become increasingly larger in size, then the individual should be considered gay . Ahahahahahaha ... Kuwaiti technology!!!